[1] The farm is located on the eponymous rise in elevation in the Vallhólmur plain east of Langholt, just north of Varmahlíð.

[2] Geldingaholt was one of Skagafjörður’s large farms, and chieftains lived there in past centuries.

Þórður kakali “the cackler” Sighvatsson lived there for a time before he was called to meet with the king of Norway.

[3] He then put Oddur Þórarinsson in charge but, in January 1255, Eyjólfur ofsi “the raging” Þorsteinsson and Hrafn Oddsson mounted an attack against him, and Oddur was killed after mounting a vigorous defense.

Eyjólfur ofsi and Hrafn Oddsson, along with their formidable troops, went to Oddur during the winter and killed him.